MISSOURI PHARMACY LAWS.

Revised to June 1, 1908.

Druggists and Their Licenses, Chapter 23.

Section.

3036. Druggists must be registered.

3037. Registered pharmacist to compound, etc.-physicians may register-penalty.

3038. Board of pharmacy.

3039. Duties of board.

3040. Examination, how made.

3041. Fees for registration.

3042. Druggist responsible for quality of drugs, etc.

3043. Druggist can sell, what.

3044. Selling poisons, conditions, etc., penalty.

3045. Making false representations, etc., penalty.

304 Chapter shall not apply to what.

3047. May sell or give away in what quantity, when.

3048. Prescriptions must be preserved, etc., penalty for failure. 3049. Penalty for making false prescriptions, etc.

3050. Prescriptions for intoxicating liquors, when given, etc. -penalty.

3051. Intoxicating liquors must not be drank on premises. 3052. Examination by board of pharmacy.

SEC. 3036. Druggists Must be Registered.-It shall be unlawful for any person not a registered pharmacist, within the meaning of this chapter, to conduct any pharmacy, drug store, apothecary shop or store, for the purpose of retailing, compounding or dispensing medicines or poisons for medical use, except as hereinafter provided. (R. S. 1889, § 4610-a.)

SEC. 3037. Registered Pharmacist to Compound, etc.-Penalty. It shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any store or pharmacy to allow any person, except a registered pharmacist, to compound or dispense the prescriptions of physicians, or to retail or dispense poisons for medical use, except as an aid to and under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense. (R. S. 1889 § 4611-b.)

SEC. 3039. Board of Pharmacy.-The governor, with the approval of the senate, shall appoint three persons from among the most competent pharmacists of the state, not connected with any school of pharmacy, all of whom shall have been residents of the state for at least five years, and of at least five years' practical experience in their profession, who shall be known and styled "board of pharmacy for the state of Missouri," one of whom shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and each until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; and each year thereafter another member shall be appointed for three years, or until his successor be appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occur in said board, another shall be appointed as aforesaid, to fill the unexpired term thereof. Said board shall have power to make by-laws and all necessary regulations, and create auxiliary boards, if necessary, for the proper fulfilment of their duties under this chapter, without expense to the state. (R. S. 1889, § 4612.)

SEC. 3039. Duties of Board.-The board of pharmacy shall register in a suitable book, a duplicate of which shall be kept in the secretary of state's office, the names and places of residence of all persons to whom they issue certificates, and dates thereof; and no person having received, or who may hereafter receive, a certificate of registration as a pharmacist, shall engage in business as a pharmacist in any county of this state in which he shall locate, or into which he shall afterward remove, until he (a) 96 Mo. 44; 142 Mo. 586. Court of appeals has no jurisdiction, when. 105 Mo. 299. The state must prove that he is a druggist. 27 A. 626. It is the purpose of the statute to cover all the grounds in relation to the sale of liquors by druggists. 41 A. 160. (b) Sale by druggists' clerks, when liable. 61 A. 369.

shall have had such certificate recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of such county, and it is hereby made the duty of such county clerk to record such certificate in a book, to be provided and kept for that purpose; and the county clerk is authorized to charge a fee of fifty cents for the recording of each certificate-to be paid by the person offering such certificate for record. Every pharmacist now holding a certificate of registration as a pharmacist, and being engaged in business as a pharmacist, shall have such certificate recorded, as is in this section provided, within thirty days after the taking effect of this chapter. The record of each certificate required by this chapter, or a certified copy thereof, shall be evidence in all courts that the person holding it is a registered pharmacist. Any pharmacist failing to comply with the foregoing provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. (R. S. 1689, § 4613, amended, Laws 1893, p. 151-c.) SEC. 3040. Examination, How Made.-The said board of pharmacy shall, upon application, and at such time and place and in such manner as they may determine, examine, either by a schedule of questions, to be answered and subscribed to under oath, or orally, each and every person who shall desire to conduct the business of selling at retail, compounding or dispensing drugs, medicine or chemicals for medicinal use, or to compound and dispense physicians' prescriptions as pharmacists, and if a majority of said board shall be satisfied that said person is competent and fully qualified to conduct said business of compounding or dispensing drugs, medicines or chemicals for medicinal use, or to compound and dispense physicians' prescriptions, they shall enter the name of such person as a registered pharmacist in the book provided for in the preceding section, and that all graduates in pharmacy having a diploma from an incorporated college or school of pharmacy, that requires a practical experience in pharmacy of not less than four years before granting diplomas, shall be entitled to have their names registered as pharmacists by said board, without examination: Provided, that any person not a pharmacist or druggist, may own or conduct such store, if he or they keep constantly in his or their employ a competent pharmacist or druggist. (R. S. 1889, § 4614-d.)

SEC. 3041. Fees for Registration.—The board of pharmacy shall be entitled to demand and receive from each person whom they register and furnish a certificate as a registered pharmacist without examination, the sum of one dollar, and for each and every person whom they examine orally, or whose answers to a schedule of questions are returned subscribed to under oath, the sum of three dollars, which shall be in full for all services; and in case the examination of said person shall prove defective and unsatisfactory, and his name not be registered, he shall be permitted to present himself for re-examination within any period not exceeding twelve months thereafter, and no charge shall be made for such re-examination. (R. S. 1889, §.4615.)

SEC. 3042. Druggists Responsible for Quality of Drugs, etc.— Every registered pharmacist, apothecary or owner of any drug store shall be held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals, and medicines he may sell or dispense, with the exception of those sold in original packages of the manufacturer, and also those known as "patent medicines," and should he knowingly, intentionally and fraudently adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, such drugs, chemicals or medical preparations, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in addition thereto, have his name stricken from the register. (R. S. 1889, § 4616.)

SEC. 3043. Druggists Can Sell, What.-Apothecaries, registered as herein provided, shall have the right to keep and sell, and under such restrictions as herein provided, all medicines and poisons authorized by the National American or United States Pharmacopoeia as of recognized medical utility, except intoxicating liquors which shall only be sold by druggists and pharmacists, as prescribed by section 3047 of this chapter. (R. S. 1889, § 4617.

(c) Duplicate certificate competent evidence. 98 Mo. 374; 21 A. 290. (d) 20 A. 423; 66 A. 491.

SEC. 3044. Selling Poisons, Conditions, etc., Penalty.-It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B," except as follows: Schedule "A"-arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocianic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, and the essential oil of bitter almonds. Schedule "B"-opium and its preparations, except paregoric and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce; aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conius, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, veratrum, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, white precipitate, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid, without labeling the box, vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or cover, with the name of the article, the word "poison," and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful for any person to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in schedules "A" and "B," unless upon due inquiry to be found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character, and represents that it is to be used for legitimate purposes. Nor shall it be lawful for any registered pharmacist to sell any poisons included in schedule "A" without, before delivering the same to the purchaser, causing an entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of purchaser, the name of poison sold, the purpose for which it was represented by the purchaser to be required, and the name of the dispenser-such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to be preserved for at least five years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or doses upon the prescriptions of practitioners of medicine. Nor shall it be lawful for any licensed or registered druggist or pharmacist to retail, sell or give away any alcoholic liquors, or compounds as a beverage. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. (R. S. 1889, § 4618.)

SEC. 3045. Making False Representations, etc., Penalty.—Any person who shall procure or attempt to procure registration for himself or for another under this chapter, by making or causing to be made false representations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, and the name of the person so fraudulently registered shall be stricken from the register. Any person not a registered pharmacist, as provided for in this chapter, who shall conduct a store, pharmacy, or place of retailing, compounding or dispensing drugs, medicines or chemicals for medicinal use, or for compounding or dispensing physicians' prescriptions, or who shall take, use or exhibit the title of "registered pharmacist," shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars, except as provided in section 3040. (R. S. 1889, § 4619.) SEC. 3046. Chapter Shall Not Apply to What.-This chapter shall not apply to physicians putting up their own prescriptions, nor to the sale of proprietary medicines. (R. S. 1889, § 4620—e.)

SEC. 3047. May Sell or Give Away in What Quantity, When.No druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist shall. directly or indirectly, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of alcohol or intoxicating liquors of any kind in any quantity less than four gallons for any purpose, except on a written prescription, dated and signed, first had and obtained from some regularly registered and practising physician, and then only when such physician shall state in such prescription the name of the person for whom the same is prescribed, and that such intoxicating liquor is prescribed as a necessary remedy: Provided, that any druggist or pharmacist may sell or give away, in good faith, any wine for sacramental purposes; Provided further, that any druggist may sell alcohol in less quantities than four gallons for art, mechanical and scientific purposes, but only on a written application signed by a person known to the druggist to be a mechanic, scientist or artist, in which application (e) 86 A. 517; 63 A. 244.

shall be stated the purpose for which alcohol is to be used. Any druggist who shall violate any of the provisions of this section, or any person who shall make a false statement in an application for alcohol, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and for a second offense, shall, on conviction, in addition to such fine, have his certificate of registration as pharmacist revoked. (R. S. 1889, § 4621-f.)

SEC. 3048. Prescriptions Must Be Preserved, etc., Penalty for Failures.-Fvery druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist shall carefully preserve all prescriptions compounded by him or those in his employ, numbering, dating and filing them in the order in which they are compounded, and shall produce the same in court or before any grand jury whenever thereto lawfully required, and on failing, neglecting or refusing so to do, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. (R. S. 1899, § 4622-g.)

SEC. 3049. Penalty for Making False Prescriptions, etc.-Any physician doing business as a pharmacist or druggist, and owning or operating a drug store or pharmacy, who shall write and permit the filling out at his own drug store or pharmacy of a prescription calling for intoxicating liquor except the same is for the purpose and under the conditions mentioned in section 3047 of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall have his certificate of registration as a druggist or pharmacist revoked as part of the judgment of the court, and in addition thereto be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. (R. S. 1889, § 4523.)

SEC. 3050. Prescription for Intoxicating Liquor, When Given, etc., Penalty.-Any physician, or pretended physician, who shall make or issue any prescription to any person for intoxicating liquors in any quantity, or for any compound of which such liquors shall form a part, to be used otherwise than for medicinal purposes, or who shall issue more than one prescription at the same time to any one, for intoxicating liquors, or for any compound of which such liquors shall become a part, or who shall make or issue any prescription contrary to any existing law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than forty nor more than two hundred dollars. (R. S. 1889, § 4624-h.)

SEC. 3051. Intoxicating Liquors Not to be Drunk on Premises -Penalty.-Any druggist or dealer in drugs and medicines who shall suffer alcohol or intoxicating liquors to be drunk at or about his place of business, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding

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Section same as laws 1883. Druggist cannot sell or give away bitters or proprietary medicine containing intoxicating liquors without a prescription. 20 A. 412; 24 A. 462; 80 Mo. 303; 81 Mo. 78; 107 Mo. 8. What state must prove. 27 A. 626; see 81 Mo. 78. Indictment. 29 A. 641. Local option law does not interfere with the druggist and pharmacy law. 96 Mo. 44; 41 A. 160; 45 A. 656; 46 A. 421. Law constitutional. 10 Mo. 591; 16 Mo. 889; 18 Mo. 516; 20 Mo. 490; 92 Mo. 325. A drug and prescription clerk may be compelled to testify, when. 66 Mo. 588. Each sale of intoxicating liquor without a license constitutes distinct and separate offense. 31 Mo. 197. Druggist's prescription. 108 Mo. 666. When both agent and principal are liable. 14 Mo. 137. Sale of whisky at drug store by a person in charge establishes sale by defendant; 4) A. 627. Information must charge what. 47 A. 558; 52 A. 389. Indictment must state name of person to whom liquor was sold. 44 A. 45; 108 Mo. 117. Prescription may be invoked as defense, when. 52 A. 130. Definition of "druggist." 52 A. 389. Must be indicted as a druggist or pharmacist, when. 62 A. 101; 73 A. 605; 69 A. 286; 70 A. 406. Statute construed. 75 A. 454. Druggiste only amenable to the law regulating sales of liquor by men engaged in that calling. 74 A. 550. Charged with selling liquor on Sunday. 73 A. 602. When physician is a druggist and indicted for selling on his own prescriptions. 72 A. 78, 230. (g) Constitutional. 108 Mo. 666. Subpoena calling for prescription must be definite. 117 Mo. 614.

two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months. (R. S. 1889, § 4625.)

SEC. 8052. Examination by Board of Pharmacy.-The said board of pharmacy shall, upon application, and at such time and place and in such manner as they may determine, examine every person who shall desire to conduct the business of selling at retail, compounding or dispensing drugs, medicines or chemicals for medicinal use, or to compound and dispense physicians' prescriptions as pharmacists, and if a majority of said board shall be satisfied that said person is competent and fully qualified to conduct said business, they shall enter the name of such person as a registered pharmacist in the book provided for in section 3039, of chapter 23, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1899: Provided, that the board of pharmacy, in conducting examinations under the provisions of this section, shall not be permitted to inquire into the source of information of any applicant, but shall subject all applicants to the same examination, and require of all the same degree of efficiency: Provided, that nothing herein shall effect the rights of those who are now legally registered pharmacists. (Laws 1895, p. 169.)

Druggists And Their Licenses (S. B. 163.)

An Act to amend chapter 23 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1899, in relation to druggists and their licenses, by (adding) a new section thereto, to be known as section 3048a.

SEC. 1. Druggists to File Copy of Prescription for Intoxicating Liquors.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

SEC. 1. That chapter 23 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1899 be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be known as section 3048a, to read as follows:

SEC. 3048a. Every druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist, shall, on the first Monday of each and every month, file with the county clerk of the county in which he is doing business, a copy of all prescriptions compounded by him or those in his employ, prescribing for only intoxicating liquors during the preceding month, and said copies (if) (of) said prescriptions shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist stating that said copies so filed are true and are copies of all such prescriptions (filed) (filled) by him or those in his employ during the preceding month; and on failing, neglecting or refusing to do so, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction be punished by a fine not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Approved April 15, 1905.

Druggists: Regulating Sale of Cocaine (S. B. 84). An Act to regulate the sale of cocaine and of preparations containing cocaine.

SEC. 1. It shall not be lawful for any druggist or other person to retail or sell or give away any cocaine hydrochlorate or other salt of or any compound of cocaine, or preparation containing cocaine, or any salts of any compound thereof excepting upon the written prescription of a licensed physician or licensed dentist, licensed under the laws of this state, which prescription shall only be filled once. Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to sales in the usual quantities at wholesale by any manufacturer or wholesale dealer when such manufacturer or wholesale dealer shall have affixed to the box, bottle or package containing such cocaine hydrochlorate or other salt or compound of cocaine or preparation containing cocaine, a label specifically setting forth the proportion of cocaine contained in any preparation.

SEC. 2. Every person who shall be found guilty of violation of the provisions of this act, shall for the first offense, be fined a sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or either or both, in the discretion of the court.

Missouri Liquor Law.-A new liquor law of interest to pharmacists was passed by the legislature of Missouri and signed by the governor, April 15. It reads as follows:

SEC. 1. That chapter twenty-three of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1899 be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section 3048a, to read as follows:

SEC. 3048a. Every druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist shall, on the first Monday of each and every month, file with the county clerk of the county in which he is doing business a copy of all prescriptions compounded by him or those in his employ, prescribing only for intoxicating liquors, during the preceding month, and said copies of said prescriptions shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the druggist, proprietor of a drug store or pharmacist, stating that said copies so filed are true and are copies of all such prescriptions filed by him or those in his employ during the preceding month; and on failing, neglecting or refusing so to do, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

SEC. 2180. Penalty for Circulating Obscene Books, Pictures, Etc.-Whoever sells or offers for sale, or gives away or exhibits or circulates, with or without intent to sell or give away, any objectionable, lewd or indecent or lascivious book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, lithograph, engraving, picture, photograph, model, cast, instrument, or article of indecent or immoral use, or medicine for procuring abortion or preventing conception, or advertises the same for sale, or writes or prints any letter, circular, handbill, card book pamphlet, advertisement or notice of any kind, giving information directly or indirectly, when, where, how or by what means any of the articles or things herein before mentioned can be purchased or otherwise obtained or made, shall on conviction thereof be fined not more than one thousand dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not more than one year in the county jail, or both; but nothing in this section shall be construed so as to effect teaching in regular medical colleges, or public standard medical books or the practice of regular practitioners of medicine, or druggists in their legitimate business. (R. S. 1899, 3801).

ST. LOUIS LOCALS.

Prosperity in St. Louis is Evident to the average person who is ready to look upon the bright side of life. In fact, St. Louis, in a way, is the center of the prosperity movement, for here the National Prosperity Association was organized. Under date of May 1, a circular was issued addressed to the business interests of the country, explaining that the purposes of the National Prosperity Association of St. Louis are: To keep the dinner pail full,

To keep the pay car going,
To keep the factory busy,

To keep the workmen employed,

To keep the present wages up.

Some of us have discovered that our business showed a profit in April. Our business was not profitable for three months before April.

We came together informally, and compared notes. The situation in St. Louis was better than we had thought. We asked representatives of different lines of trade to meet with us, and enlarged the investiga

tion. Much evidence of restored confidence and re

turning prosperity was offered. We felt that this

community ought to be fully informed; that the encouragement should be extended beyond St. Louis.

The organization of the National Prosperity Asso

ciation of St. Louis followed. The association has nothing to do with the past. It looks forward. It is not political. It has a platform. The two planks are, a square deal and a square meal for every man.

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with the business situation. The financial clouds have rolled by. The crop prospects,-that basis of all things for all of us,-are exceptionally good. We believe we can

get back to normal conditions quickly, if we will. We do not see why we should wait for the closing months of 1908, or for the Spring of 1909. We have passed the low level. The commercial sun is shining. This is the business May Day. The time for this movement is ripe now. It was not ripe before.

The National Prosperity Association of St. Louis has definite plans to expedite its purposes.

To carry out these plans it will ask the co-operation of every newspaper, every business, industrial and labor organization in St. Louis.

The St. Louis movement may spread to other communities. We hope it will. The prosperity we promote is national. No city or town can monopolize a good thing in business. We prosper, we stagnate, we recede, we grow all together. That is the lesson of the six months which ended last night. We invite every business man to talk the Gospel of Good Cheer.

The plans and methods of the National Prosperity Association of St. Louis are available to any business organization or any individual anywhere. Our association will welcome any helpful suggestion to increase its eficiency.

We are confident that if the business men of the United States join in the St. Louis movement, prosperity will be at full tide before the end of the year; that 1909 will be the best business year our country has known.

Instead of waiting for something to turn up, we will turn up something and do it quick.

Olav Kaarboe has departed for his native land and will sojourn in Christiana, Norway, until August when he will return to St. Louis and take up the study of medicine at the Washington University.

"The Missouri Botanical Garden," said Bishop Atwill, "is known everywhere in the United States as Shaw's Garden. Thus the memory of Henry Shaw is perpetuated. Sixteen thousand species and varieties of plants remind us of his love for nature."

Bishop Atwill referred to the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the gardens in one year, the amount of botanical instruction which is given, and even the pleasure which visitors from afar find in discovering plants of their own home country in the gardens. The annual sermon, he said, was intended "in God's house to remind you that God created the useful and beautiful plants in his universe, and that the wisdom and love of God is shown in the growth of flowers and other products of the vegetable kingdom."

In conclusion, the bishop made a plea for the preservation of forests, which, he said, have been "ruthlessly destroyed, so that it makes one sad to see it. Let us make a new resolution not only to use but to preserve the blessed gifts that God has given us."

The W. O. N. A. R. D. organized on Wednesday, April 1, at the Southern Hotel with nineteen charter members present. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

Mrs. Otto F. Claus, president.

Mrs. W. F. Ittner, vice-president.

Mrs. Paul Schneider, recording secretary.

Mrs. K. Kring, corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Theo. Hagenow, treasurer.

Executive Board.-Mesdames Sol. Boehm, W. Busch, A. W. Pauley, E. R. Marten, A. J. Hoenny, Jos. P. Methudy.

The objects and aims of this organization are sociability, to assist in various ways their husbands, sons and brothers who are members of the St. Louis R. D. A., and other features which from time to time present themselves. The members voted that two dollars shall constitute the dues for the first year, and each lady present gladly paid same in advance. Since the first meeting eleven new names were presented for initiation making a total of about thirty members. Committees were appointed by the president at the last meeting held at Schneider's Hall, Broadway and Keokuk Streets, to canvass the entire city, and the association expects in a few months to have a membership of more than one hundred. Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings of the meeting held on Wednesday, May 20, 1908, and the ladies are now contemplating something very interesting which, for the present, they positively refuse to divulge. Every lady who is either a wife, daughter, mother or sister of a retail druggist is eligible to join this association. The meetings will be held on the third Wed

Back Row, Otto Rudert, Geo. Danner, Otto Rosskopf. Front Row, Geo. Hickel, Frank Teighraber.

In the first series the Zebras rolled the highest single game totaling 275 pins in one game. In the second series the Karbirons passed this one pin, rolling 276 pins.

In the first series, John Weiler, secretary of the League and a member of the La Crestonias, rolled the highest five, totaling 290 pins. In the second series Mr. Rudert, of the Karbirons rolled the highest five, totaling 303 pins.

In the first series three individual bowlers tied for the high single-Anthony Rasch, Mr. Bradshaw and G. T. Meyer. In the roll off this was won by Mr. Rasch. In the second series Mr. Schrader, of the Maltese Cross, rolled the highest single, totaling 82 pins. Several perfect games were rolled.

The chief trophy is a solid silver loving cup donated by Willis W. Russell, Milltown, N. J., which the board of directors decided should be given to the ranking bowler at the end of the series, but only to be held by him until won three times. This year it was taken down by Otto Rosskopf of the Karbirons.

"Oil and Gas in St. Louis and Vicinity," was the subject of an interesting article at the May 4 meeting of the St. Louis Academy of Science.